Headstock reshape and refin.

drunkinminer

drunkinminer

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Not sure if this is the proper place for this thread if not sorry and please move.

I won this guitar a last year and love how it sounded but never bonded with the headstock. So I decided to modify the headstock to something a little more eye appealing. I think the reasons I waited so long to do this project was 1) Maybe the headstock would grow on me and to research and 2) build up courage. The headstock needless to say did not grow on me and every time I looked at it I would be bothered by that fact because as I stated before it did sound great. I didn't take any during pics but took before and after pics. I also decided that seeing the neck was off I stripped it and refinished it with Tung Oil over the course of a day or so. All in all I put five coats on it because I didn't want it to get gummy. I applied a coat wiped off excess let dry then repeat. As for the headstock I just used a Junior Hacksaw and took it slow and easy. I have to say it looks much better now then it ever did.

Marked and ready


Ready for sanding




The finished product.
 
Re: Headstock reshape and refin.

The original headstock looks exactly the same as a guitar i am building atm. Damn i love it way more then the tele style midget poker,
 
Re: Headstock reshape and refin.

Pretty wood in that body.

But I think the head would have looked better had you followed your original guide lines.
 
Re: Headstock reshape and refin.

I've been tempted to try a headstock design several times but I'm too chicken to hack up a real guitar. I've decided that a reasonable approach would be to buy some single ply pickguard material, say .030" or .050", and try out designs using it. The guards can be match drilled for the tuners. I believe the threaded tuners should have enough thread depth to accommodate the thickness of the material, although I don't know this for a fact. I'm not sure what colors would work best, maybe black, black pearl, tortoise, even white pearl or Abalone. But its cheaper than a guitar neck & if I'm not happy with my first attempt I can easily remove it, throw it out, & try again. If & when I finally get a design I'm satisfied with I can use the pickguard as a template for the real headstock.

Happy customizing.
 
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